Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Tuesday's Top News: Can the Federal Government Really Create Jobs?

Today's Top Stories

Can the Federal Government Really Create Jobs?

By BARBARA KIVIAT

President Obama wants to help America's 15 million unemployed. But short-term job creation is not the Government's best game

A Chicago Arrest: Are Pakistani Jihadis Going Global?

By BOBBY GHOSH / WASHINGTON

Allegations tying a Chicago man to Lashkar-e-Taiba raise concerns that the Pakistan-based terror group responsible for the Mumbai massacre may be broadening its horizons

The Stolen E-Mails: Has 'Climategate' Been Overblown?

By BRYAN WALSH

The controversy over hacked e-mails from the world's leading climate scientists continues to roil. Here's what the e-mails say about the reality of global warming

Looking Again at the Health Reform Abortion Wars

By AMY SULLIVAN

What is it about those Nebraska governors-turned-senators? Did they not get enough attention as children?

U.S. Tries Direct Talks with North Korea

By BILL POWELL / SHANGHAI

To jump-start stalled talks over the North's nuclear weapons, Washington sends a special envoy to Pyongyang. But the Obama Administration is not expecting a breakthrough

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By Amy Sullivan

What is it about those Nebraska governors-turned-senators? Did they not get enough attention as children? Do they chafe at being told they hail from a "flyover" state? Does that unicameral legislature leave too few adoring supporters? Bob Kerrey was infamous for waiting until the verrrrrry last moment to make up his mind on important pieces [...]

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Quotes of the Day

"The aim is to show the government is unable to protect civilians and its own people and also to deter people from going to ballot boxes."
MOWAFFAQ AL-RUBAIE,
Iraqi national security adviser, explaining the motives behind a series of car bombings that killed at least 100 people and wounded over 400 in the center of Baghdad Tuesday
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Why Ireland Is Running Out of Priests

By Bryan Coll

Young men are turning away from the priesthood in one of Europe's traditional Catholic strongholds. Some dioceses could soon be without priests if new recruits aren't found -- quickly

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